Hospital Transfers of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patients Within 48 Hours and 30 Days After SNF Admission

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 839-845

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a,b   Naharci, Ilkin ^a,c   Engstrom, Gabriella ^a   Shutes, Jill ^a   Wolf, David G ^b,d   Rojido, Maria ^a   Tappen, Ruth ^b   Newman, David ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

potentially preventable hospitalizations; Readmissions; root cause analysis; skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977600433     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.021     Document Type: Article

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